Yngve Wieland
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Yngve Wieland is a musician, singer and songwriter, based in London, UK. Originally from Cliffony in County Sligo, although born in Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

, Germany, Yngve began working as a solo artist in Ireland, releasing two EPs - and one album between 2006 and 2009. Album track "Little Boy" from "Tell Men This" was nominated in the "Best Solo Male" category at the inaugural Irish Music Television awards in 2009 , following its selection by Irish music magazine Hotpress to have a video, made for it by the New York Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
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Following the 2008 release of his album "Tell Men This" Yngve moved from Dublin to Clapton
Clapton
-People:* Eric Clapton , English musician* Nathaniel L. Clapton , English schoolmaster* Richard Clapton , Australian musician-Places:* Upper Clapton, London* Lower Clapton, London...

 in London nand formed his band "The Innocent" with his brother Demian Wieland, pianist Ned Cartwright and bass player Palmi Gunnlaugur Hjaltason. 2009's EP "Have You No Love" features most of "The Innocent".

Releases from 2010 onwards have been by "Yngve & The Innocent" signifying the increasing influence of the band on Yngve's work.

In January 2010 Palmi Hjaltason left "The Innocent", having recorded the material for new EP release "Nothing Was Delivered" Palmi was replaced by Simon Brown on bass. The band appeared at Secret Garden Party
Secret Garden Party
The Secret Garden Party is an annual independent arts and music festival which takes place in Abbots Ripton near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Part of the grounds of a Georgian farm house, the location has its own lake, river and landscaped gardens...

 and BBC Blast as well as touring Ireland extensively. 2011 has so far seen the release of the single "Draw A Line" and extensive touring. Festival appearances included slots at Barn on the Farm, Aeon Festival and Navan Live; they have also featured regularly at The Windmill, Brixton
The Windmill, Brixton
The Windmill is a pub and live music venue in Brixton, London, with a reputation for championing new music.The pub was built in 1971 for the adjacent Blenheim Gardens housing estate. It went through various phases of being a bar that attracted locals, bikers, the Irish community and by the end of...

 and at The Elgin Pub on Ladbroke Grove
Ladbroke Grove
Ladbroke Grove is a road in west London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is also sometimes the name given informally to the immediate area surrounding the road. Running from Notting Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North Kensington and straddles...

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Yngve appearance at Communion @ Start The Bus, 7-9 Baldwin Street, Bristol, UK on Sunday 6th November will mark his 300th appearance as an artist.

External links

Yngve & The Innocent - official website
Yngve & The Innocent - facebook page
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